The Interfaith Community for Palestinian Rights (ICPR) is a local organization that works to raise awareness about Palestinian
human rights. ICPR has recently decided to provide emergency relief to the children of Gaza, who have suffered under the Israeli attacks
and bombings this summer as well as an ongoing siege that deprives them of many necessities of life, including shelter, food, clothing,
and clean water. The entire population of Gaza is nowfacing the winter without adequate supplies. Many of their homes have been destroyed
along with all of their possessions.

Many children are in desperate need of warm clothing, especially those living in makeshift
accommodations.Food has become more scarce due to the destruction of much of the infrastructure as well as the ongoing siege whereby
Israel limits the amount of food allowed in.Gaza’s Water Plant has been destroyed, too, leaving no reliable source of clean water.Gaza
has suffered a horrendous degradation of living conditions and now that winter is approaching it iscritical to provide supplies of
clothes, food and water for the children.

ICPR has organized a Gaza fundraiser earlier this month, which raised $33,500 for the
children of Gaza, channeled through the Dallas-based humanitarian aid organization KinderUSA. Our new project is to collect donations
for the Middle East Children’s Alliance Clean Water Project (Maia), as well as collecting children’s clothing and nonperishable foods.
We call on the community to support this urgent need.

Donations of clothing and nonperishable food will be collected either at
the next ICPR meeting on Dec. 11 at 6:30pm at the Westminster Presbyterian Church (3208 Exposition Blvd.) or anytime at 5214 Duval
Street (please call first: 512 452-6245).

Donations for water purificationto the Middle East Children’s Alliance can be
made directly online at www.mecaforpeace.org and should be earmarked for the Maia Project, which is providing water filtration in
schools and preschools.Donations for Emergency Aid to Gaza’s children can be made at www.kinderusa.org